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a Contemplative's Pali to English Dictionary

(a work in progress)

   

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(updated 11-02-05 with 0 Pali terms & 46 English terms defined)

Wander: carati.

Washes: dhovati.

Water: udaka. n.

Water born: jalaja.

water-element: ápo-dhátu (s. dhátu).

water-kasina, white-k., wind-k.: s. kasina.

Way: magga. m.

We: amhe. pro.

Wealth: dhana. n.

Welfare: attha. m.

Well: kúpa. m.

West: pacchima.

Western: apara. adj.

What: katama. pro.

weighty karma: garuka-kamma (s. karma).

wheel of existence: s. samsára, vatta.

wheel of the law: dhamma-cakka (q.v.).

When: yadá. ind.

Whence: kuto. ind.

Where: kuhi.m. ind.

Which: ya. pro.

While: yadá. ind.

Who: ya. pro.

Why: ki.m. ind.

Wicked: dussíla, du.t.tha.

Wife: bhariyá. f.

Wife (young): vadhú. f

will: cetaná (q.v.).

wind-element: váyo-dhátu (s. dhátu).

wisdom: paññá (q.v.).

Wise man: medháví. m.

Wise woman: medháviní. f.

Wish: icchá. f.

With: saddhi.m. ind.

Without: viná. ind.

woeful courses (of existence): duggati (s. gati).

Woman: nárí. f.

world, the 3-fold: loka (q.v.).

worldling: puthujjana (q.v.).

worldly: lokiya (q.v.).

worldly conditions, the 8: loka-dhamma (q.v.).

world-period, formation, dissolution: s. kappa.

Writes: likhati. 

wrongnesses, the 10: micchatta (q.v.).

wrong path: micchá-magga (q.v.).

wrong understanding (or view), w. thought, w. speech; etc: s. micchá-magga.

-Y-

(updated 11-02-05 with 24 Pali terms & 2 English terms defined)

Yá: pro. who, which, that.

Yácaka: m. Beggar.

Yadá: ind. when.

Yágu: m. rice gruel.

yakkha: in popular belief, a kind of ghost, goblin. or ogre.

yáma-deva: are a kind of heavenly beings of the sensuous world; s. deva.

yamaka-pátiháriya: 'twin miracle'. "There the Perfect One performed the twin miracle unattainable to any disciple: from the upper part of his body a flame sprang forth, and from the lower part a stream of water. etc.'' (Pts.M. I, 125 f.); App.

Yasa: n. glory.

Yathábala.m: according to strength.

yathá-bhúta-ñána-dassana: 'the knowledge and vision according to reality', is one of the 18 contemplations leading to insight (vipassaná, q.v.).

Yathàkammaü: to order.

yathákammúpaga-ñána: 'knowledge of rebirth according to one's actions'; s. abhiññá (4).

yathásanthatik'anga: 'the practice of being satisfied with whatever dwelling', is one of the ascetical means of purification; s. dhutanga (12).

Yathásatti: according to one's ability.

Yathàvuddhaü: according to seniority.

Yáva: ind. till, so long.

Yàvadatthaü: as one wishes.

Yàvajívaü: till life lasts.

yoga: 'yokes, bonds', is another name for the 4 cankers (ásava, q.v.) .

yogávacara = yogi: 'one devoted to mental training,' is in Vis.M. the usual name for the disciple cultivating mental absorption (App.).

Yogga: suitable.

yokes: yoga, q.v.

yoni: 'modes of generation.' There are 4 paths of generation: from the egg, from the mother's womb, from moisture, and spontaneous rebirth (opapátika, q.v.) in heaven, hell, etc. Explained in M. 12.

yoniso manasikára: 'thorough attention' or wise consideration': s. manasikára.

youth-infatuation: s. mada.

yuganaddha: s. samatha-vipassaná.

   

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